'No Waste' Flying Geese tutorial

This method is used in my Farmer's Wife Quilt Revival pattern classes.  The 'No Waste' Flying Geese method is a great technique, making ease out of many Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt blocks. To learn more about my pattern classes for the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt, (using very few templates!) click HERE for more information

To make 'No Waste' Flying Geese:

Cut a square the finished length measurement of the desired flying geese unit

and add to this, 1-1/4" (1.25)

Cut 4 squares the finished height measurement 

of desired flying geese and add 7/8" (.875)

Example:

To make 1-1/2" x 3" finished flying geese units, cut 1 square 

4-1/4".

Next cut (4) 2-3/8" squares

Stitch them together as shown below

Mark a diagonal line corner to corner on the smaller squares and place right sides together with the bigger square, like this:

Stitch a 1/4" on either side of the drawn line

Cut apart on the drawn line.

 creating 2 of these units

 press seams towards small triangles

 place a small square right sides together with both units from above like this:

 stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line

 cut apart on the drawn line

 Yields 4 Flying Geese units

Math Chart for a handful of common Flying Geese sizes

Of course, you can stick to the traditional method for Flying Geese using corner triangles, but the 'no waste' method is great!